The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Chicago Progressives’ Midterms Performance Actually Wasn’t That Bad

Far from wringing their hands about last week's election's implications, Chicago progressives should take heart at their performance.

Marilyn Katz

Labor

Striking Federal Contractors: Thanks for the Raise, Obama, But We Want $15

Marina Fang

Labor

Domestic Workers Emerging from the Shadows

Stephen Franklin

Labor

Will Chicago Progressives Unite Behind Chuy Garcia, Rahm’s 11th-Hour Challenger?

Yana Kunichoff

Feature

Interstellar Has Great Visuals and a Bad Case of Christopher Nolan Disease

A guy with a dead wife nobly pursues the blowing up of cool shit, in a universe based on iffy science. Sound familiar?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

With Net Neutrality, Obama Finally Takes a Principled Stand

By calling for the reclassification of broadband as a utility, the president has opened the lanes for a truly free and open Internet.

Mark Stanley

Comics

Net Neutrality ≠ Obamacare of the Internet

Matt Bors

Culture

Palestine Activist’s Confession Allegedly Obtained By Torture Leads to Immigration Conviction

Rasmea Odeh faces up to 10 years in a U.S. prison and deportation for failing to disclose a criminal history that was allegedly the result of physical and sexual torture.

Christa Smith

Labor

Your Next Bike Share Ride May Be Powered By Union Labor

Amien Essif